Category Archives: South Pacific

Back in the water

The last morning in the yard continued to be a busy one. I attached four more batteries onto the house bank bringing it up to eight our of usual twelve. Three of the newly attached batteries were sitting on top … Continue reading

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We’re in the water

Engines started first time. Currently testing before we depart.

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2nd Thursday in the yard

Another busy day. Before getting out of bed I updated our main website (www.aboarddignity.com) removing the references to hybrid as that we no longer are. Probably once we’re up in Fiji and we’ve had some time on the new engines … Continue reading

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2nd Wednesday in the yard

In the morning I reordered Sam’s PC. Perhaps someone was sabotaging our Dell order but in the end it gave us a breather to rethink things. As this is to help Sam improve his skills with graphic design while aboard … Continue reading

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2nd Tuesday in the yard

Welding has been done. Spent a fair bit of time disconnecting the solar panels and bimini lighting cable and drawing them up the inside of the pole they run down leaving a sacrificial cable in their place. Didn’t want them … Continue reading

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